US raw steel production decreases by 6.1 percent - week 38, 2026
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISl), in the week ending on September 19, 2026, US domestic raw steelproduction was 1.785 million net tons while the capacity utilization rate was 77.9 percent.
Production for the week ending on September 19, 2026, decreased 6.1 percent from the previous week ending September 12,2026, when production was 1.900 million net tons and the rate of capacity utilization was 82.3 percent.
Production was 1.775 million net tons in the week ending September 19, 2025, while the capacity utilization was 78.4 percent. The current week production represents a 0.6 percent increase from the same period in the previous year.
Adjusted year-to-date production through September 19, 2026, was 66.537 million net tons, at a capacity utilization rate of 79.0percent. That is up 5.5 percent from 63.093 milion net tons during the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 77.2 percent.
From: Steel Orbis, 22 SEPT 2026.
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